FOUNDER AND CEO OF PLANTAGON AB OF SWEDEN Hans Hassle is the founder and CEO of Plantagon AB in Sweden. Plantagon is concept for a vertical greenhouse with a view to solving problems of food security in ever-larger cities with ever-less available surface for food production. As part of Sweden’s drive for innovation, Plantagon, with
DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CITY OF AMSTERDAM Frank van Erkel is currently working for the municipality of Amsterdam as director of Organizational Development. He is leading different international workshops on societal innovation and very active on community building. Until 2013 he was the City-manager of the Amsterdam East-district (120.000 inhabitants, 1000 employees). He is a certified
PROFESSOR FOR ARCITECTURAL AND DESIGN OF ETH ZURICH Prof. Dr. Dietmar Eberle is Professor for Architecture and Design at the ETH Zürich. He is also partner of the architectural firm BE (Baumschlager Eberle) with offices in Vienna, Vaduz (Liechtenstein), Zurich and St. Gallen (Switzerland), Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, Hanoi, Beijing and Hong Kong. The BE group is renowned
DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF BARCELONA CITY COUNCIL (CITY PROMOTION MANAGER) Mario Rubert has been working at the Barcelona local government since 1993, always in the field of economic promotion. After working for 4 years as Deputy Director for Economic Promotion at Barcelona City Council, Mario Rubert became responsible for the city’s international marketing
DEPUTY MAYOR OF BARCELONA FOR ECONOMY, ENTERPRISE AND EMPLOYMENT Sonia Recasens i Alsina is the Second Deputy Mayor of Economy, Enterprise and Employment of the Barcelona City Council. She has been a member of Unió Democràtica de Catalunya (UDC) since 1992, Member of the Barcelona City Intercounty Executive Committee since 1996 and Chair during 2002-2004. In 1999 she